Somerset County Cricket Club in 2011

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset reached their third consecutive Twenty20 final.
2011 season
Coach Andy Hurry
Captain Marcus Trescothick
Overseas player Murali Kartik
Ajantha Mendis
Kieron Pollard (T20)
Roelof van der Merwe (T20)
County Championship Division One, 4th
Clydesdale Bank 40 Runners-up
Friends Life t20 Runners-up
Caribbean Twenty20 Group stage
Champions League Twenty20 Semi-finalists
Most runs Marcus Trescothick (1,673)
Most wickets Steve Kirby (53)
Most catches Marcus Trescothick (28)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals Jos Buttler (29)
Craig Kieswetter (29)
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The 2011 season saw Somerset County Cricket Club competing in three domestic competitions; the first division of the County Championship in which despite being within a shout of winning the Championship with two games to go a lack of consistency cost them and they finished 4th, and reached the finals of both one day domestic competitions the Clydesdale Bank 40 and the Friends Life t20. While in international competitions they failed to make it past the group stage in the Caribbean Twenty20 but impressed in the Champions League Twenty20 reaching the semi-finals.

They were captained for the second season by former England international, Marcus Trescothick, who topped the batting table scoring over 2,500 runs saw him named as both Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) Player of the Year and the PCA's Most Valuable Player of the Year.

Contents

Background

The 2010 season yet again saw Somerset fall short in all domestic competitions finishing runners-up in each including finishing on equal points with champions Nottinghamshire in the County Championship and losing the Twenty20 competition on losing more wickets than champions Hampshire.

Somerset started the season as many people's favourites for the County Championship title,[1] and many praised the signings of Gemaal Hussain, Steve Kirby, Ajantha Mendis and George Dockrell.[2][3] Both Hussain and Kirby signed from Gloucestershire to replace the loss of Ben Phillips to Nottinghamshire, Mark Turner to Derbyshire and Zander de Bruyn to Surrey with Michael Munday, Robin Lett and David Stiff were all released. While Mendis was brought in to cover while Murali Kartik and Alfonso Thomas are playing in the IPL both for Pune Warriors India and Kieron Pollard was brought in for the Friends Life t20 again[4] with Roelof van der Merwe in addition for the first half of the competition while Pollard was on international duty with the West Indies.[5] Aswell as these new players Alex Barrow, Calum Haggett and Craig Meschede were promoted from the club's academy and all featured in the first team as well as other débutants Adam Dibble and Lewis Gregory.

Squad

The following players made at least one appearance for Somerset in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket in 2011. Age given is at the start of Somerset's first match of the season (14 April 2011).

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Ref
Batsmen
Alex Barrow  England 6 May 1992 (aged 18) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast [6]
Nick Compton  England 26 June 1983 (aged 27) Right-handed Right arm off break [7]
James Hildreth  England 9 September 1984 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast [8]
Chris Jones  England 5 November 1990 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm medium pace [9]
Andrew Strauss[Note 1]  England 2 March 1977 (aged 34) Left-handed Left arm medium pace [10][11]
Marcus Trescothick (Captain)  England 25 December 1975 (aged 35) Left-handed Right arm medium pace [12]
All-rounders
Lewis Gregory  England 24 May 1992 (aged 18) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium [13]
Calum Haggett  England 30 October 1990 (aged 20) Left-handed Right arm medium pace [14]
Craig Meschede  England 21 November 1991 (aged 19) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast [15]
Kieron Pollard  West Indies 12 May 1987 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium pace [16]
Arul Suppiah  Malaysia 30 August 1983 (aged 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox [17]
Alfonso Thomas (Vice-captain)  South Africa 9 February 1977 (aged 34) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium [18]
Peter Trego  England 12 June 1981 (aged 29) Right-handed Right arm medium pace [19]
Roelof van der Merwe  South Africa 31 December 1984 (aged 26) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox [20]
Wicket-keepers
Jos Buttler  England 8 September 1990 (aged 20) Right-handed — [21]
Craig Kieswetter  England 28 November 1987 (aged 23) Right-handed — [22]
Steve Snell  England 27 February 1983 (aged 28) Right-handed — [23]
Bowlers
Adam Dibble  England 9 March 1991 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast [24]
George Dockrell  Ireland 22 July 1992 (aged 18) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox [25]
Gemaal Hussain  England 10 October 1983 (aged 27) Right-handed Right arm medium [26]
Steve Kirby  England 4 October 1977 (aged 33) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium [27]
Murali Kartik  India 9 November 1976 (aged 34) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox [28]
Ajantha Mendis  Sri Lanka 11 March 1985 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break, leg break [29]
Max Waller  England 3 March 1988 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm leg break [30]
Charl Willoughby  South Africa 3 December 1974 (aged 36) Left-handed Left arm fast-medium [31]
Notes
  1. ^ England Test Cricket captain Andrew Strauss featured as a guest player in Somerset's three day game against India.

Caribbean Twenty20

By finishing as runners-up in the 2010 Friends Provident t20, Somerset should have qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 but no English county sides were allowed to take part due to a clash with the end of the domestic season.[32] So both winners Hampshire and Somerset were invited to compete in the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20 in January 2011.[33]

Somerset named a relatively strong side with a mixture of youth and experience but without captain Marcus Trescothick and wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter so the side were captained by Alfonso Thomas and these missing players provided a chance for Somerset débuts for George Dockrell, Calum Haggett, Gemaal Hussain, Steve Kirby and Craig Meschede.[34] Somerset lost their first match against Guyana, who elected to bat first but with only two batsmen scoring double figures, Somerset strangled them to just 112/8 from their 20 overs with Alfonso Thomas taking 3-23 but after cruising to 105/3 off 18 overs Somerset looked to be in total control but then collapsed to lose 7 wickets for just 6 runs and therefore lost by a single run.[35] Their second match against the Windward Islands was more successful with an allround bowling beformance coasting to a 17 run victory, Somerset scored 139/4 with Jos Buttler top scoring with 47 and the Windward Islands finished on 122/9 with Max Waller taking 3-16.[36] In contast in the next gaame, a contest reduced to 6 overs a side due to rain Jamaica scored 85 at 14.16 an over with only Waller taking a wicket and in reply Somerset scored just 24, losing by a whopping 61 runs.[37] In their final game with no realistic chance of qualification Somerset scored 165/4 with James Hildreth top scoring with 69 aided by Nick Compton's 44 and an 11 ball 26 from Craig Meschede and in reply Combined Campuses and Colleges were restricted to 123/7 with Steve Kirby taking 3-26.[38]

Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.

Caribbean Twenty20: Group A
Team Pld W L Pts NRR
Windward Islands* 4 3 1 12 +0.375
Jamaica* 4 2 2 8 +1.317
Somerset† 4 2 2 8 −0.045
Guyana† 4 2 2 8 −0.574
Combined Campuses and Colleges† 4 1 3 4 −0.840
Teams marked   *  progressed to the next stage of the competition.

Team marked   †  were eliminated from the competition.
Source: Cricinfo[39]

Match logs

No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 Group A 12 January Guyana Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Lost by 1 run [40]
2 Group A 14 January Windward Islands Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Won by 17 runs [41]
3 Group A 18 January Jamaica Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Lost by 61 runs [42]
4 Group A 20 January Combined Campuses and Colleges Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Won by 42 runs [43]

Batting averages

Player Matches Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 50s
Hildreth, JamesJames Hildreth 4 4 93 31.00 93.00 69* 1
Meschede, CraigCraig Meschede 4 4 55 27.50 141.02 28* 0
Compton, NickNick Compton 4 4 95 23.75 91.34 44 0
Buttler, JosJos Buttler 4 4 74 18.50 121.31 47 0
Suppiah, ArulArul Suppiah 4 4 50 12.50 106.38 26 0
Qualification: 50 runs. Source: CricInfo[44]

Bowling averages

Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
Dockrell, GeorgeGeorge Dockrell 4 &1000000000000001100000011.0 4 13.75 5.00 2/15 0
Waller, MaxMax Waller 4 &1000000000000001000000010.0 5 11.60 5.80 3/16 0
Hussain, GemaalGemaal Hussain 4 &1000000000000001200000012.0 4 17.75 5.91 2/19 0
Thomas, AlfonsoAlfonso Thomas 4 &1000000000000001300000013.0 5 17.00 6.53 3/23 0
Kirby, SteveSteve Kirby 4 &1000000000000001300000013.0 5 19.80 7.61 3/26 0
Qualification: 10 overs. Source: CricInfo[44]

County Championship

Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bwl = Bowling points, Adj = Adjustments/Penalties, Pts = Points.

County Championship: Division One
Team Pld W L D T A Bat Bwl Adj Pts
Lancashire (C) 16 10 4 2 0 0 37 44 -1 246
Warwickshire 16 9 4 3 0 0 46 45 -9 235
Durham 16 8 4 4 0 0 47 45 0 232
Somerset 16 6 7 3 0 0 45 39 0 189
Sussex 16 6 6 4 0 0 34 40 0 182
Nottinghamshire 16 5 6 5 0 0 35 43 0 173
Worcestershire 16 4 11 1 0 0 31 44 0 142
Yorkshire (R) 16 3 6 7 0 0 34 37 -2 138
Hampshire (R) 16 3 6 7 0 0 30 36 -8 127
Source: CricketArchive[45]

Match log

No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 14–16 April Wawrickshire County Ground, Taunton Lost by an innings and 382 runs [46]
2 20–22 April Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool Lost by an innings and 20 runs [47]
3 27–30 April Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton Won by 9 wickets [48]
4 4–6 May Worcestershire County Ground, Taunton Won by 91 runs [49]
5 10–13 May Durham Riverside, Chester-le-Street Drawn [50]
6 18–21 May Sussex County Ground, Hove Lost by 8 wickets [51]
7 24–27 May Yorkshire County Ground, Taunton Won by 10 wickets [52]
8 20–23 June Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by 10 wickets [53]
9 11–14 July Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Drawn [54]
10 21–24 July Durham County Ground, Taunton Won by 9 wickets [55]
11 26–29 July Worcestershire New Road, Worcester Won by an innings and 8 runs [56]
12 2–4 August Sussex County Ground, Taunton Won by 9 wickets [57]
13 17–20 August Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Drawn [58]
14 31 August - 3 September Hampshire County Ground, Taunton Lost by an innings and 61 runs [59]
15 7-10 September Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds Lost by 6 wickets [60]
16 12-15 September Lancashire County Ground, Taunton Lost by 8 wickets [61]

Batting averages

Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick 13 23 1,673 79.66 227 6 6
Compton, NickNick Compton 13 22 1,010 56.11 254* 2 5
Kieswetter, CraigCraig Kieswetter 9 14 572 40.85 164 2 3
Hildreth, JamesJames Hildreth 15 23 893 38.82 186 2 4
Buttler, JosJos Buttler 12 18 524 30.82 100 1 3
Suppiah, ArulArul Suppiah 16 29 760 29.23 95 0 6
Trego, PeterPeter Trego 16 25 591 28.14 120 1 3
Qualification: 450 runs. Source: Cricinfo[62]

Bowling averages

Player Matches Innings Wickets Average BBI BBM 5wi 10wi
Thomas, AlfonsoAlfonso Thomas 7 12 32 23.50 6/60 10/88 2 1
Kirby, SteveSteve Kirby 16 27 53 31.54 6/115 6/115 1 0
Kartik, MuraliMurali Kartik 8 13 26 34.34 5/137 6/109 1 0
Willoughby, CharlCharl Willoughby 14 24 47 34.65 4/40 5/111 0 0
Trego, PeterPeter Trego 16 26 27 38.48 4/22 7/93 0 0
Suppiah, ArulArul Suppiah 16 18 10 44.70 2/16 2/16 0 0
Hussain, GemaalGemaal Hussain 9 14 22 44.86 6/33 6/70 1 0
Qualification: 10 wickets. Source: Cricinfo[62]

Clydesdale Bank 40

The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 saw Somerset finish as runners-up to Surrey in the Lord's final for the second year in succession. Somerset qualified for the semi-finals by topping their qualification group and securing a home semi against Durham,[63] Somerset bowled their opponents out for just 219 and they strolled to 165 for 3 when bad weather ended the match with Somerset 39 runs ahead using Duckworth-Lewis.[64] In the final after electing to bat, only Jos Buttler impressed with an impressive 86 dragging Somerset to a below par total of 214 all out, and after a few rain breaks Surrey required 186 from 30 overs and reached that total with 15 balls and 5 wickets to spare.[65]

Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, NR = No result, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.

Clydesdale Bank 40: Group C
Team Pld W L T NR Pts Net R/R
Somerset* 12 9 2 0 1 19 +1.008
Nottinghamshire Outlaws† 12 7 4 0 1 15 +0.260
Essex Eagles† 12 6 3 0 3 15 +0.255
Lancashire Lightning† 12 6 5 0 1 13 -0.172
Glamorgan Dragons† 12 4 5 0 3 11 +0.161
Gloucestershire Gladiators† 12 4 8 0 0 8 -0.488
Unicorns† 12 1 10 0 1 3 -0.640
Teams marked   *  progressed to the next stage of the competition.

Team marked   †  were eliminated from the competition.
Source: Cricinfo[66]

Knockout stages

  Semi-finals Final
                 
C1  Somerset (D/L) 165/3  
B2  Durham Dynamos 219  
    C1  Somerset 214
  B1  Surrey Lions (D/L) 189/5
B1  Surrey Lions 228/7
A1  Sussex Sharks 157  

Match logs

No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 Group C 24 April Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Won by 47 runs [67]
2 Group C 1 May Unicorns Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley Won by 4 wickets [68]
3 Group C 2 May Glamorgan County Ground, Taunton Won by 10 runs: Duckworth–Lewis method used [69]
4 Group C 8 May Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Won by 8 wickets [70]
5 Group C 15 May Lancashire County Ground, Taunton Won by 7 wickets [71]
6 Group C 18 July Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester No Result: Match abandoned after 7.4 overs of the first innings due to rain [72]
7 Group C 31 July Essex Garons Park, Southend-on-Sea Won by 6 wickets [73]
8 Group C 14 August Glamorgan SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Lost by 3 wickets [74]
9 Group C 15 August Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Lost by 3 wickets: Duckworth–Lewis method used [75]
10 Group C 21 August Unicorns County Ground, Taunton Won by 6 wickets [76]
11 Group C 24 August Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol Won by 59 runs: Duckworth–Lewis method used [77]
12 Group C 29 August Essex County Ground, Taunton Won by 40 runs [78]
13 Semi-final 4 September Durham County Ground, Taunton Won by 39 runs: Duckworth–Lewis method used [79]
14 Final 17 September Surrey Lord's, London Lost by 5 wickets: Duckworth–Lewis method used [80]

Batting averages

Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
Buttler, JosJos Buttler 13 10 411 137.00 94* 0 4
Kieswetter, CraigCraig Kieswetter 10 9 399 57.00 108* 2 1
Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick 12 11 338 37.55 111* 1 2
Trego, PeterPeter Trego 14 13 444 37.00 100 1 2
Qualification: 300 runs. Source: Cricinfo[81]

Bowling averages

Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
Gregory, LewisLewis Gregory 7 &1000000000000003200000032.0 13 14.53 5.90 4/27 2
Kirby, SteveSteve Kirby 9 &1000000000000004720000047.2 20 16.05 6.78 3/24 0
Suppiah, ArulArul Suppiah 14 &1000000000000004529999945.3 9 23.00 4.54 2/2 0
Dockrell, GeorgeGeorge Dockrell 5 &1000000000000003000000030.0 5 26.60 4.43 3/27 0
Trego, PeterPeter Trego 14 &1000000000000006000000060.0 10 35.50 5.91 3/33 0
Thomas, AlfonsoAlfonso Thomas 9 &1000000000000004820000048.2 7 36.00 5.21 2/36 0
Kartik, MuraliMurali Kartik 5 &1000000000000003200000032.0 5 38.20 5.96 2/24 0
Qualification: 30 overs. Source: Cricinfo[81]

Friends Life t20

In the 2011 Friends Life t20 saw Somerset finish as runners-up to Leicestershire, reaching the final for the third year in succession.[82] Somerset qualified for the knockout stage having finished fourth in their southern qualification group,[83] to meet Nottinghamshire in the quarter-finals who they beat by five wickets to qualify for finals day.[84] The semi-final against Hampshire was a rematch of the 2010 final and after a tied match decided using Duckworth-Lewis, Somerset won courtesy of a Super Over[85]and reached the final against Leicestershire but despite restricting Leicestershire to 145 but the star studded batting line-up failed with only Peter Trego making 35 as Somerset lost for the third year running by 18 runs.[82]

The season started with a rerun of the 2010 final with a match against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl, but despite a half-century from Peter Trego Somerset lost heavily by 7 wickets and although Somerset recovered with comprehensive victories over Kent and Middlesex bad weather hampered any chance of getting a run of home victories with only three out of seven matches completed at the County Ground. After a defeat away at Sussex, Marcus Trescothick scored a century in a massive 143 run victory away at Essex[86] in one of his two man of the match performances. In Somerset's away victory at Glamorgan occasional spinner Arul Suppiah took new world record Twenty20 bowling figures of 6 for 5 in just 3.4 overs.[87] A lack of consistency harmed Somerset's chance of a home quarter-final with the final game against Middlesex typifying their indifferent bowling where despite Middlesex needing to score 18 off the final over, Somerset failed to win[88] and so finished fourth in the South Division.

Somerset were drawn away at Trent Bridge against Nottinghamshire in the quarter-finals, Notts won the toss and elected to bat and scored an impressive total of 170 with Alex Hales top scoring with 78, Somerset started their innings slowly and it seemed they wouldn't get anywhere near their target and needed 64 off the final 31 deliveries but with Kieron Pollard and Jos Buttler at the crease they crossed the line with five balls remaining.[84] That victory meant a third successive finals day and a rematch with Hampshire yet again and with bad weather looming Somerset won the toss and elected to field first hoping to take advantage of batting second with the Duckworth-Lewis method. Expensive bowling from the spinners and Pollard, Hampshire reached 138 off 15.5 overs propelled by 80 off just 41 balls from Shahid Afridi, with rain ending their innings one ball early Somerset were set a challenging 95 to win off just 10 overs and despite a cameo from Buttler Somerset fell one run short and required a Super Over to decide the match. Somerset sent in Kieswetter and Buttler for their over and scored 16 off Afridi's over and Alfonso Thomas restricted Hampshire to just 5-1 in their one over.[85] In the final against Leicestershire, Somerset restricted them to 145 for 6, and despite no team ever having defended a lower total in an English Twenty20 final none of Somerset's batsman made a large score and they lost by 18 runs.[82]

West Indies star Kieron Pollard returned as an overseas player but missed the first half of the Twenty20 campaign and was replaced by South African all-rounder Roelof van der Merwe.[89]

Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, NR = No result, Adj = Adjustments/Penalties, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.

Friends Life t20: South Division
Team Pld W L T NR Adj Pts NRR
Hampshire Royals* 16 11 2 0 3 -2 23 +1.093
Sussex Sharks* 16 9 5 0 2 0 20 +0.061
Kent Spitfires* 16 9 5 0 2 0 20 -0.205
Somerset* 16 7 4 1 4 0 19 +0.978
Surrey Lions† 16 7 6 0 3 0 17 +0.131
Essex Eagles† 16 7 7 0 2 0 16 -0.086
Glamorgan Dragons† 16 5 9 0 2 0 12 +0.045
Gloucestershire Gladiators† 16 4 11 0 1 0 9 -0.473
Middlesex Crusaders† 16 2 12 1 1 0 6 -1.247
Teams marked   *  progressed to the next stage of the competition.

Team marked   †  were eliminated from the competition.
Source: Cricinfo[90]

Knockout stages

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
  N1  Nottinghamshire Outlaws 169/5  
S4  Somerset 172/4  
  S4  Somerset (D/L; Super Over) 94/5  
  S1  Hampshire Royals 138/4  
N4  Durham Dynamos 99
  S1  Hampshire Royals 154/6  
    S4  Somerset 127/9
  N2  Leicestershire Foxes 145/6
  N2  Leicestershire Foxes 206/7  
S3  Kent Spitfires 203/3  
  N2  Leicestershire Foxes (D/L; Super Over) 132/6
  N3  Lancashire Lightning 79/6  
N3  Lancashire Lightning 152/8
  S2  Sussex Sharks 132/8  

Match logs

No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 South Division 1 June Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton Lost by 7 wickets [91]
2 South Division 3 June Kent Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells Won by 9 wickets [92]
3 South Division 5 June Middlesex County Ground, Taunton Won by 40 runs [93]
4 South Division 10 June Kent County Ground, Taunton No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [94]
5 South Division 12 June Hampshire County Ground, Taunton No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [95]
6 South Division 14 June Sussex County Cricket Ground, Hove Lost by 4 wickets [96]
7 South Division 15 June Essex County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford Won by 143 runs [97]
8 South Division 17 June Surrey County Ground, Taunton No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [98]
9 South Division 24 June Sussex County Ground, Taunton No Result: Rain stopped play after 3.4 overs of the second innings [99]
10 South Division 26 June Glamorgan County Ground, Taunton Won by 7 wickets [100]
11 South Division 30 June Surrey The Oval, London Won by 38 runs [101]
12 South Division 1 July Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground, Bristol Lost by 2 wickets [102]
13 South Division 4 July Essex Recreation Ground, Bath Lost by 65 runs [103]
14 South Division 5 July Glamorgan SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Won by 5 wickets [104]
15 South Division 8 July Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Won by 15 runs [105]
16 South Division 10 July Middlesex John Walker's Ground, Southgate, London Match tied [106]
17 Quarter-final 7 August Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Won by 6 wickets [107]
17 Semi-final 27 August Hampshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Scores level: Duckworth–Lewis method used; won the Super Over [108]
18 Final 27 August Leicestershire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by 18 runs [109]

Batting averages

Player Matches Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 50s
van der Merwe, RoelofRoelof van der Merwe 5 4 169 56.33 169.00 89* 2
Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick 16 16 507 39.00 162.50 108* 4
Pollard, KieronKieron Pollard 11 10 234 39.00 162.50 47* 0
Hildreth, JamesJames Hildreth 16 15 346 28.83 120.13 64* 2
Kieswetter, CraigCraig Kieswetter 7 7 166 23.71 137.19 59 1
Buttler, JosJos Buttler 16 14 259 23.54 148.00 72* 1
Trego, PeterPeter Trego 16 16 304 20.26 122.08 55 1
Qualification: 150 runs. Source: Cricinfo[110]

Bowling averages

Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
Suppiah, ArulArul Suppiah 16 &1000000000000002639999926.4 14 10.71 5.62 6/5 1
Kartik, MuraliMurali Kartik 16 &1000000000000005600000056.0 17 20.76 6.30 2/7 0
Waller, MaxMax Waller 8 &1000000000000002200000022.0 9 15.55 6.36 2/20 0
van der Merwe, RoelofRoelof van der Merwe 5 &1000000000000001600000016.0 4 31.00 7.75 2/15 0
Kirby, SteveSteve Kirby 14 &1000000000000003310000033.1 8 34.12 8.23 2/15 0
Gregory, LewisLewis Gregory 12 &1000000000000003700000037.0 18 17.00 8.27 4/15 1
Thomas, AlfonsoAlfonso Thomas 5 &1000000000000001850000018.5 5 32.00 8.49 2/25 0
Pollard, KieronKieron Pollard 10 &1000000000000003729999937.3 12 26.91 8.61 3/25 0
Qualification: 15 overs. Source: Cricinfo[110]

Champions League Twenty20

See also: Somerset Champions League squad

By finishing as runners-up in the Friends Life t20, Somerset qualified to compete in the 2011 Champions League Twenty20, for the second time. Somerset faced squad problems in the build up to the tournament with Marcus Trescothick no longer travelling overseas due to health reasons, Kieron Pollard choosing his IPL franchise Mumbai Indians over Somerset and both wicket-keepers Jos Buttler and Craig Kieswetter missing due to international commitments for the first two matches.[111]

Qualifier stage standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, NR = No result, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.

Qualifying stage: Pool A
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Somerset* 2 2 0 0 4 +0.300
Kolkata Knight Riders* 2 1 1 0 2 -0.225
Auckland Aces† 2 0 2 0 0 -0.075
Teams marked   *  progressed to the next stage of the competition.

Team marked   †  were eliminated from the competition.
Source: Cricinfo[112]

Group stage standings

Champions League Twenty20: Group B
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Somerset* 4 2 1 1 5 -0.557
Royal Challengers Bangalore* 4 2 2 0 4 +0.325
Kolkata Knight Riders† 4 2 2 0 4 +0.306
Warriors† 4 2 2 0 4 +0.246
Southern Redbacks† 4 1 2 1 3 -0.533
Teams marked   *  progressed to the next stage of the competition.

Team marked   †  were eliminated from the competition.
Source: Cricinfo[112]

Knockout stages

  Semi-finals Final
                 
B1  New South Wales 203/2  
A2  Royal Challengers 204/4  
    A2  Royal Challengers 108
  B2  Mumbai Indians 139
A1  Somerset 150/7
B2  Mumbai Indians 160/5  

Match logs

No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 Qualifier: Pool A 20 September Auckland Aces Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Won by 4 wickets [113]
2 Qualifier: Pool A 21 September Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Won by 11 runs [114]
3 Group Stage: Group B 25 September Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets [115]
4 Group Stage: Group B 1 October Southern Redbacks M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [116]
5 Group Stage: Group B 3 October Royal Challengers Bangalore M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Lost by 51 runs [117]
6 Group Stage: Group B 5 October Warriors M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Won by 12 runs [118]
7 Semi-final 8 October Mumbai Indians M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai Lost by 10 runs [119]

Batting averages

Player Matches Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 50s
Kieswetter, CraigCraig Kieswetter 4 3 144 72.00 123.07 62 2
van der Merwe, RoelofRoelof van der Merwe 7 6 179 29.83 164.22 70 1
Trego, PeterPeter Trego 7 6 175 29.16 106.06 70 2
Hildreth, JamesJames Hildreth 7 6 122 20.33 103.38 39 0
Qualification: 75 runs. Source: CricInfo[120]

Bowling averages

Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
Kartik, MuraliMurali Kartik 7 &1000000000000002300000023.0 4 39.00 6.78 2/23 0
van der Merwe, RoelofRoelof van der Merwe 7 &1000000000000002300000023.0 6 27.00 7.04 2/23 0
Thomas, AlfonsoAlfonso Thomas 7 &1000000000000002400000024.0 8 21.25 7.08 2/16 0
Qualification: 15 overs. Source: CricInfo[120]

Tourist match

India rested a number of their Test players for their first match of their tour; Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh were all left out of the team. The weakened bowling attack showed on the first day of the match, when Somerset scored 329 for the loss of two wickets from a rain-reduced 75 overs. Andrew Strauss, the England Test captain and Middlesex player,[121] opened the innings as a guest batsman for Somerset, showed aggression initally, scoring 78 runs out of an opening partnership of 101, before getting out. Andrew McGlashan, summarising the day for ESPNcricinfo, described his innings as "commanding", and his shots "in good working order".[122] After Strauss' dismissal, his opening partner Arul Suppiah began to score more freely, and reached his century off 179 balls, scoring his second 50 from just 57 deliveries.[123] Suppiah and Nick Compton put on a second wicket partnership of 223 before Compton was dismissed for 88.[122] Suppiah reached 156, his highest first-class score before he was out, and Somerset eventually declared their innings closed at 425/3.

In reply, the Indians struggled with the bat during the second, rain affected day; Somerset's Charl Willoughby took five wickets against a batting line-up which showed its lack of match practice and Craig Meschede took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar for his first first-class wicket.[124] On the third morning, Suresh Raina controlled the strike well to bat his way to a century and stake his claim for a place in first Test, dominating a final wicket partnership of 84. Somerset once more look assured with the bat during their second innings, in which Strauss reached a century, eventually finishing 109 not out, and Peter Trego scored a rapid 85 runs from 57 balls. Somerset declared at tea on the final day, leaving India only a short period to bat in the second innings.[125] The match finished as a draw, but Somerset coach Andrew Hurry suggested that Somerset had "bullied" India, and that it had been "a perfect three days" for Strauss.[126]

Match log

No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 15-17 July India County Ground, Taunton Drawn [123]

Statistics

Batting

Player First class List A Twenty20
Matches Innings Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs Highest Score Average Strike Rate 100s 50s
Batsmen
AWR Barrow 7 11 218 69 19.81 0 1
NRD Compton 14 23 1,098 254* 57.78 2 6 12 10 280 104 40.00 1 0 13 11 196 44 24.50 98.98 0 0
JC Hildreth 16 25 923 186 38.45 2 4 14 11 268 50* 29.77 0 1 27 25 561 69* 26.71 110.86 0 3
CR Jones 8 12 169 55 15.36 0 2 2 2 78 45* 78.00 0 0 3 3 36 16 12.00 138.46 0 0
AJ Strauss 1 2 187 109* 187.00 1 1
ME Trescothick 13 23 1,673 227 79.66 6 6 12 11 338 111* 37.55 1 2 16 16 507 108* 39.00 162.50 1 3
All-rounders
L Gregory 5 8 98 48 14.00 0 0 7 2 12 11 6.00 0 0 15 5 27 15 6.75 69.23 0 0
CJ Haggett 3 2 3 2 1.50 75.00 0 0
CAJ Meschede 5 8 149 53 21.28 0 1 9 5 66 19 13.20 0 0 16 13 180 53 18.00 125.00 0 1
KA Pollard 11 10 234 47* 39.00 162.50 0 0
AV Suppiah 17 31 961 156 34.32 1 6 14 7 131 57 26.20 0 1 27 18 144 26 12.00 99.31 0 0
AC Thomas 8 10 333 94 33.30 0 1 9 3 46 22 15.33 0 0 16 7 35 15* 17.50 100.00 0 0
PD Trego 17 26 676 120 32.19 1 4 14 13 444 100 37.00 1 2 25 24 497 70 21.60 114.78 0 3
RE van der Merwe 12 10 348 89* 38.66 166.50 0 3
Wicket-keepers
JC Buttler 13 18 524 100 30.82 1 3 13 10 411 94* 137.00 0 4 24 21 386 72* 21.44 131.74 0 1
C Kieswetter 9 14 572 164 40.85 2 3 10 9 399 108* 57.00 2 1 11 10 310 62 34.44 130.25 0 3
SP Snell 1 1 4 4 4.00 0 0 1 1 18 18* – 0 0 3 2 44 34* 44.00 137.50 0 0
Bowlers
AJ Dibble 2 4 40 39* 20.00 0 0 4 0 2 0
G Dockrell 1 1 14 14 14.00 0 0 5 0 7 1 0 0* – 0.00 0 0
GM Hussain 9 14 75 42 6.25 0 0 4 1 16 16* – 0 0 7 3 7 4 2.33 35.00 0 0
SP Kirby 16 24 143 19 6.80 0 0 9 1 0 0* – 0 0 22 6 11 7 3.66 84.61 0 0
M Kartik 8 13 285 65* 28.50 0 2 5 3 74 40 24.66 0 0 23 7 63 25* 15.75 110.52 0 0
BAW Mendis 2 4 52 28 13.00 0 0 4 0
MTC Waller 1 0 6 2 12 11 6.00 0 0 13 3 6 3 6.00 66.66 0 0
CM Willoughby 15 19 50 23* 4.54 0 0 1 0
Source: CricInfo[127][128][129]

Bowling

Player First class List A Twenty20
Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI BBM 5wi 10wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
AWR Barrow 7 7.0 1 36.00 1/4 1/4 0 0
AJ Dibble 2 36.0 2 71.00 1/26 1/57 0 0 4 26.0 5 34.00 6.53 3/52 0 2 8.0 2 22.00 5.50 1/20 0
G Dockrell 1 18.0 2 38.00 2/76 2/76 0 0 5 30.0 5 26.60 4.43 3/27 0 7 19.0 5 26.80 7.05 2/15 0
L Gregory 5 48.0 4 55.50 1/15 1/38 0 0 7 32.0 13 14.53 5.90 4/27 2 15 40.0 20 16.20 8.10 4/15 1
CJ Haggett 3 5.0 1 32.00 6.40 1/15 0
GM Hussain 9 247.1 22 44.86 6/33 6/70 1 0 4 25.0 3 60.66 7.28 2/40 0 7 21.0 9 16.55 7.09 3/40 0
M Kartik 8 322.2 26 34.34 5/137 6/109 1 0 5 32.0 5 38.20 5.96 2/24 0 23 79.0 21 24.23 6.44 2/7 0
SP Kirby 16 490.2 53 31.54 6/115 6/115 1 0 9 47.2 20 16.05 6.78 3/27 0 22 57.1 18 25.50 8.02 3/26 0
BAW Mendis 2 66.1 4 71.25 4/183 4/183 0 0 4 27.0 8 16.87 5.00 4/35 1
CAJ Meschede 5 34.1 2 70.50 1/14 1/37 0 0 9 28.0 5 32.00 5.71 2/16 0 16 10.3 6 13.66 7.80 3/9 0
KA Pollard 11 37.3 12 24.50 8.61 3/25 0
AV Suppiah 17 149.1 10 44.70 2/16 2/16 0 0 14 45.3 9 23.00 4.54 2/2 0 27 30.4 15 14.13 6.91 6/5 1
AC Thomas 8 236.5 33 25.45 6/60 10/88 1 1 9 48.2 7 36.00 5.21 2/36 0 16 55.5 18 23.05 7.43 3/23 0
PD Trego 17 293.4 28 38.50 4/22 7/93 0 0 14 60.0 10 35.50 5.91 3/33 0 25 27.3 7 35.00 8.90 2/24 0
RE van der Merwe 12 39.0 10 28.60 7.33 2/15 0
MTC Waller 1 5.2 1 28.00 1/7 1/28 0 0 6 28.4 5 31.20 5.44 1/14 0 13 38.0 16 14.05 6.28 3/16 0
CM Willoughby 15 507.3 53 32.47 6/76 6/92 1 0 1 1.0 0 – 17.00 0/17 0
Source: CricInfo[130][131][132]

Fielding

Player First class List A Twenty20
Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches
AWR Barrow 7 13 4
JC Buttler 13 8 3 13 10 3 24 10 7
NRD Compton 14 25 5 12 12 3 13 12 2
G Dockrell 5 5 3 7 6 6
L Gregory 7 7 1 15 15 7
JC Hildreth 16 28 22 14 14 7 27 26 12
GM Hussain 9 16 2 4 4 2 7 7 1
CR Jones 8 15 5 3 3 1
M Kartik 8 15 4 5 5 4 23 22 5
SP Kirby 16 28 5 9 9 1 22 21 4
BAW Mendis 4 4 1
CAJ Meschede 9 9 4 16 16 4
KA Pollard 11 11 9
AV Suppiah 17 30 11 14 14 5 27 26 10
AC Thomas 16 15 5
PD Trego 17 30 10 14 14 5 25 24 7
ME Trescothick 13 23 28 12 12 5 16 16 4
RE van der Merwe 12 11 5
MTC Waller 6 6 1 13 13 6
CM Willoughby 15 26 2
Source: CricInfo[133][134][135]

Wicket Keeping

Player First class List A Twenty20
Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings
JC Buttler 13 14 28 1 13 3 4 0 24 13 4 7
C Kieswetter 9 15 28 1 10 10 10 0 11 10 8 1
SP Snell 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 0 0
Source: CricInfo[136][137][138]

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